Military expert: What happened was bound to happen sooner or later

They began their review with the recent attack by Ukrainian forces in Crimea.

“This time the warehouses of a military unit near Balaklava were attacked, a strong explosion occurred. The possibility of the use of ATACMS missiles cannot be ruled out,” they wrote.

According to military experts, the two sides exchanged fire in the Donetsk direction.

“The invaders attacked Sheridov, which is behind the Ukrainians. It is an important communication hub for the Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk-Vukhledar region. “The Ukrainians successfully attacked the targets in Makiyevka, the communication hub of the Pokrovsk-Vukhledar region on the Russian side,” they stressed.

During the Russian military’s attack on the Ukrainian military airport with Iskander missiles, several Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jets may have been destroyed.

During the review, military experts assessed the situation on the front lines.

According to them, in the Kharkov direction, there were no significant changes in the contact line and fighting continued.

“At the same time, early rumors that the occupiers’ 80th Tank Regiment was leaving in this direction received more confirmation. It seems that this unit has indeed left in the Kharkov direction and may join its “Mother” 90th Tank Division operating in the Pokrovsk-Vukhledar area, experts from the Civil Defense and Security Analysis Center “Locked N’ Loaded” said on social networks.

Military experts write that in the Luhansk direction, the Russians are responding to the successful Ukrainian counterattack in the Leman region in June and are trying to regain the initiative.

According to them, in Kupyansk the invaders intensified the actions on the southern flank – he managed to advance a little and withdraw to the Zherebek River.

At Leman, the Russians also made some progress on the northern flank near Makivka.

“Ukrainians repelled the Russian attack from their defensive positions,” they said.

According to them, in Seversk, Ukrainian forces are counterattacking near Rozdolivka, and heavy fighting is continuing in other areas.

In Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk direction, fighting has subsided on the northern and central flanks. Military experts write that it cannot be ruled out that the aggressors are shifting their forces to the southern flank.

Experts from the Civil Protection and Security Analysis Center Locked N’ Loaded said that on the southern flank, offensive attempts by the occupiers continue to be recorded.

“The advance of the occupiers towards Toretsk became the second most intensive part of the entire contact line, after the northern and central parts of the Pokrovsk-Vukhledar region.

However, if we look at the length of the contact line, the intensity of the fighting is almost the same. For example, the two sections of the Pokrovsk section mentioned yesterday recorded 49 collisions, and the Toretsk section recorded 28 collisions (the ratio is 1.75:1). However, military experts detailed that the length of the contact line on these two sections in the Pokrovsk region is about 51 kilometers, and in the Toretsk region – about 26 kilometers (so the ratio is 1.9:1)”.

According to them, the Russians continued to try to advance towards Toretsk from the east (Druzhba-Pivdeny) and towards New York from the south (Novoselivka).

“According to unconfirmed data, the aggressors are forming additional reserves in the rear,” they wrote on social networks.

The Russian offensive on the northern flank of Pokrovsk-Vuhledal continues.

“The invaders managed to move a little further towards Prores,” the military expert said.

On the central flank, “what was bound to happen sooner or later happened,” the military expert wrote.

“The Ukrainians are withdrawing from a small ‘pocket’ in the northeastern part of Nevelsk. It is very difficult to defend there, so this area was a ‘no man’s land’ for a long time, which the Russians could not occupy in any way. Now they are gaining a foothold there and intensifying their attacks on Nevelsk,” the military expert wrote.

On the southern flank, fierce and varied fighting was taking place near Paraskevika.

“The defenders of Ukraine have already destroyed more than one and two Russian columns here. Now among the destroyed armored vehicles can be seen the remains of motorcyclists. The Russians do not spare flesh and iron for experiments,” they wrote.

On the Zaporizhia side, the occupation forces continued to try to advance in the Staromayorsk-Urozhayny area, but the Ukrainians held their ground and counterattacked whenever they found an opportunity.

In the southern direction, routine but intense fighting continues in the Dnieper Islands and on the left bank of the river, according to military experts.